In re Herdic
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
In Bankruptcy. Sur petition of the Metropolitan National Bank, and rule on James P. Herdic, administrator of Peter Herdic, deceased, to show cause why the purchase by Prank L. Herdic of a claim against John G. Reading should not be set aside.
1Opinion of the CourtAcheson, J.
The answer of James P. Herdic, administrator of the estate of Peter'Herdic, deceased, to the rule to show cause, etc., raises a question of jurisdiction which was not discussed much, if at all, at the hearing, the arguments of counsel being directed to other questions of law, and to the merits of the controversy, but in the course of my investigation the question of jurisdiction has assumed a controlling importance. The facts upon which it arises are these: Peter Herdic, the bankrupt, was granted a discharge on February 18,1880. On July 28,1883, upon the petition of his assignees in…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Bronson v. SchultenSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Phillips v. NegleySupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Phelps v. McDonaldSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Traer v. ClewsSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Marshall v. KnoxSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
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